Heather Cripps

Bio

Heather Cripps is a PhD candidate at the Fenner School of Environment and Society (ANU) investigating the impacts of extreme heat events on human health. Her research is focused on unveiling the socioeconomic and sociocultural inequality of heat-related mortality in Australia. This project involves applying well-established epidemiological study design with state-of-the-art urban modelling techniques to determine the spatial distribution of heat-related mortality in Australia’s most populous cities. Previously, Heather was a Master’s by Research student at the University of Bristol applying data science techniques to marine plankton and has a BA in Human Geography from the University of Exeter.